Question: causes of the christian crusades?

Answer: began in an effort to rescue jerusalem from muslim turks.

Question: most gothic churches were dedicated to?

Answer: the virgin mary.

Question: indirect and excommunication

Answer: methods by which the catholic church maintained it’s authority.

Question: gothic cathedral

Answer: pointed arches, rib vaults and stained glass windows.

Question: romanesque cathedral

Answer: round arches with stone vaults in upper zones of nave and side-aisles. latin cross plan on grander scale.

Question: innovations of the middle ages?

Answer: tropes and polyphony.

Question: influences of courtly love on modern times?

Answer: shaped modern concepts of gender.

Question: the unique characteristics of dante’s commedia?

Answer: numerology, historical figures, and allegory.

Question: who benefited from the crusades?

Answer: the catholic church.

Question: who was saint francis and why was he special?

Answer: renounced his privileged life at age 24 and rejected a clustered life, dedicating himself to preaching and serving the god.